Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District teacher salaries
Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Santa Clara County, with its district office in Los Gatos. A teacher with a full credential starts at $59,309. The largest group (32%) is on the BA+90 column, which climbs to $111,172 by step 22.
What is the average teacher salary at Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary?
Lowest
$59,307
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$87,264
- $34,992 below Santa Clara County average
- $16,288 below California average
Highest
$111,172
BA+90 with a credential, step 22
Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary average
California average$103,552
Santa Clara County average$122,256above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 26
- Starting salary
- $59,309
- BA+30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $90,228
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 529th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 41% of Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary
Two things place a teacher on Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary's grid: years of service (the step) and college units since the bachelor's degree (the column). How we read the schedules.
- Step
- One per year of service; step 5 on Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary's BA+30 column pays $64,930. Experienced teachers joining Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary can be placed as high as step 22.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary's columns run from BA+30 to BA+90, 5 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential. Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary's credentialed columns start at $59,309.
- Without full credential
- Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary pays teachers without a full credential on separate columns, starting at $59,307.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary?
On the BA+90 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 16, with $100,292. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$87,417
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $111,172 on step 22.
Does Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary pay teachers more than the median California district?
Line up all 828 reporting California districts from the lowest average salary to the highest. The one in the middle is the median district: half the districts pay a lower average, half pay a higher one. A median isn't pulled up or down by a few unusually high- or low-paying districts, so it shows what a typical district pays.
No
Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary's average of $87,264 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary ranks 529th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 29 reporting districts in Santa Clara County
Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary ranks 29th of 29, below the middle district.
Middle district: $117,248
Each bar counts the districts whose average salary falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the median district.
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary
Bonuses are paid on top of the schedule, in the amounts the district reported.2 Teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.3 Extra pay for coaching, clubs and similar duties isn't part of this report.
- Health insurance, family planUp to $9,520paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$2,81113 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$1,2502 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 22
Questions about teacher pay at Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary
How much do Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary teachers make?
The average salary on Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary's teacher schedule is $87,264 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $59,307 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $111,172 (BA+90 with a credential, step 22).
What does a new teacher earn at Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $59,309 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $59,307. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 22.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary pay scale?
On the BA+90 column, where 32% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 22, where it reaches $111,172. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary reports a master's bonus of $2,811 on top.
Is Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary teacher pay high for California?
Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 529th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 29th of 29 in Santa Clara County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $122,256 in Santa Clara County.
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Sources for the Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary figures
Salaries are the annual amounts on the district's certificated salary schedule. Following the state's definitions, they leave out extended-year pay, bonuses and extra-curricular pay such as coaching. Counts are full-time equivalents, so two half-time teachers count as one, and they can include counselors, nurses and librarians paid on the same schedule. County averages, ranks and percentages are our own arithmetic on these figures; our statewide average matches the state's published $103,552.
- California Department of Education, Selected Certificated Salaries and Related Statistics, 2024-25, Table I: average salary paid, raise on last year, highest starting step. The median salary is our own calculation from source 2.
- Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary's report to the California Department of Education, Form J-90 database, 2024-25: salary schedule, full-time equivalents per cell, bonuses, health contributions, work days.
- U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.